金矿开采作业蔓延至刚果保护区
📖 逐句对照翻译
A Chinese-run gold mine in eastern Congo’s Ituri province is slowly spreading into an area that many say it should not be operating in at all.
刚果东部伊图里省一座中资经营的金矿正慢慢扩展到一个许多人认为它根本不应涉足的区域。
The area is the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, an endangered World Heritage site.
该地区是奥卡皮野生动物保护区，一处濒危的世界遗产。
Congo’s government established the boundaries, or borders, of the reserve around thirty years ago.
刚果政府大约在三十年前划定了保护区的范围，即边界。
But over the years the boundaries changed.
但多年来，边界发生了变化。
These changes permitted the company to operate inside the forest.
这些变化使该公司得以在森林内部运营。
The reserve was already on the endangered list, under threat from conflict and wildlife trafficking.
该保护区早已被列入濒危名录，面临冲突和野生动物贩运的威胁。
An “alarming” situation
一个“令人担忧”的局面
Now the quick growth of the Chinese mines threatens to further hurt the forest and the communities living in it.
如今，中国矿山的快速扩张可能会进一步损害森林以及生活在其中的社区。
Residents and wildlife experts say the mining is polluting the rivers and soil, damaging trees and bringing more humans to the area.
居民和野生动物专家表示，采矿活动正在污染河流和土壤，破坏树木，并吸引更多人类进入该地区。
As a result, illegal hunting has increased.
因此，非法狩猎活动有所增加。
Joe Eisen of Rainforest Foundation UK described the situation as “alarming.”
英国雨林基金会的乔·艾森称这一情况“令人担忧”。
He said that the area is “supposed to be a protected World Heritage Site” that was already at risk.
他说，该地区“本应是一个受保护的世界遗产地”，而这里本就已面临风险。
Covering more than 13,000 square kilometers, the reserve became a protected place in 1996.
该保护区占地超过13000平方公里，于1996年成为受保护区域。
The area has wide biological diversity and many threatened species.
该地区生物多样性丰富，有许多濒危物种。
These include the okapi, a forest giraffe, for which the reserve is named.
这些包括霍加狓，一种森林长颈鹿，保护区正是以它命名。
The reserve holds some 15 percent of the world’s remaining 30,000 okapi.
该保护区拥有全球现存3万只㺢㹢狓中的约15%。
The reserve is in the Congo Basin rainforest — the world’s second-biggest rainforest.
该保护区位于刚果盆地雨林——世界第二大雨林。
The rainforest is a major carbon sink.
雨林是一个重要的碳汇。
Carbon sinks help limit climate change.
碳汇有助于限制气候变化。
The area also has a large amount of mineral wealth such as gold and diamonds.
该地区还拥有大量矿产资源，如黄金和钻石。
Under Congo’s mining rules, mining is barred in protected areas, which includes the reserve.
根据刚果的采矿规定，保护区内禁止采矿，其中包括该保护区。
Issa Aboubacar, a spokesperson for the Chinese company, Kimia Mining Investment, said the group is operating legally.
中国公司基米亚矿业投资发言人伊萨·阿布巴卡尔表示，该集团是合法经营的。
It recently renewed its permits until 2048, government records show.
政府记录显示，该公司最近将许可证续期至2048年。
Congo’s mining registry said the map they are using came from files from the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature, or ICCN.
刚果矿业登记处表示，他们使用的地图来自刚果自然保护研究所（ICCN）的档案。
The ICCN is a government group responsible for supervising Congo’s protected areas.
ICCN是一个政府团体，负责监督刚果的保护区。
The mining registry also said it is currently working with the ICCN on changing the boundaries and protecting the park.
采矿登记处还表示，目前正与ICCN合作，调整边界并保护该公园。
The ICCN told The Associated Press (AP) that in meetings this year with the mining registry, boundary misunderstandings were discussed.
ICCN向美联社表示，在今年与矿业登记处的会议中，双方讨论了边界误解的问题。
It also said the first boundaries should be honored.
它还表示，最初的边界应当得到尊重。
A government document from August, seen by AP, said all companies in the Reserve will be closed, including Kimia Mining.
美联社看到的一份8月的政府文件称，保护区内的所有公司都将关闭，包括基米亚矿业公司。
The document has not been reported until now and is the first admission that the current boundaries are wrong, environmentalists working in Congo say.
在刚果工作的环保人士表示，该文件直到现在才被报道，这是首次承认当前边界有误。
Rights groups in Congo have long said the permits were illegally awarded by the mining ministry based on incorrect maps.
刚果的人权组织长期以来一直表示，这些许可证是矿业部根据错误的地图非法授予的。
Changing boundaries and rules
改变边界和规则
Eastern Congo has seen violence for many years.
刚果（金）东部多年来暴力不断。
The Okapi Reserve has seen years of unrest by local militia.
奥卡皮保护区多年来一直遭受当地民兵的动荡不安。
In 2012, in Epulu town, a local rebel group killed several residents, including two officers of the reserve, and 14 okapis.
2012年，在埃普鲁镇，当地一个反叛组织杀害了数名居民，其中包括保护区的两名工作人员，以及14只霍加狓。
The animals were part of a captive breeding program.
这些动物是圈养繁殖计划的一部分。
The reserve has also been threatened by smaller mining activities, including by thousands of Indigenous peoples who live in and around the forest.
该保护区还受到较小规模采矿活动的威胁，其中包括居住在森林内及周边的数千名原住民所进行的采矿活动。
I’m John Russell.
我是约翰·拉塞尔。
Sam Mednick reported on this story for the Associated Press.
萨姆·梅德尼克为美联社报道了此事。
John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.
约翰·拉塞尔为VOA英语学习频道改编了它。
